Altimeter Definition

ăl-tĭmĭ-tər
altimeters
noun
An instrument for determining elevation, especially an aneroid barometer used in aircraft that senses pressure changes accompanying changes in altitude.
American Heritage
An instrument for measuring height above a given reference level, as the sea or ground: in aircraft it is either an aneroid barometer with a dial marked in feet or meters or an instrument using radar.
Webster's New World

An apparatus for measuring altitude.

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Other Word Forms of Altimeter

Noun

Singular:
altimeter
Plural:
altimeters

Origin of Altimeter

  • Latin altus high al-2 in Indo-European roots –meter

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Coined based on Latin altus (“high”) + meter.

    From Wiktionary

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